Inequality cluster

Dr Katerina Bourazeri

Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)

Research interests: Developing Serious Games for Promoting Sustainable Behaviour; Enhancing Mental Health through Immersive Experiences; Overcoming Body Dysmorphia with Immersive Virtual Reality; Improving Quality of Life for Parkinson's Patients with Virtual Reality

Dr Ana Matran-Fernandez

Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)

Research interests: Brain-Computer interfaces; machine learning applied to biomedical signals; Event-Related Potentials (ERPs); Memory; Decision-making; Algorithmic fairness; Neural engineering

Dr Elif Kubilay

Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics

Professor Friederike Mengel

Professor, Department of Economics

Research interests: (Evolutionary) Game Theory; Learning and Categorization; Models of (Bounded) Rationality; Social Networks; Behavioural and Experimental Economics; Family and health economics

Shunsuke Tsuda

Lecturer, Department of Economics

Research interests: Development Economics; Environmental Economics; Spatial Economics; Political Economy

Lucas Siga

Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics

Dr Dennie Van Dolder

Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics

Dr Tara McAllister-Viel

Senior Lecturer, East 15 Acting School

Professor Yseult Marique

Professor, Essex Law School

Research interests: Regulation and administrative law, especially public-private relationships; Public contracts (procurement, enforcement, corruption); European administrative law; Constitutional and Administrative Justice Initiative; Comparative Law in Europe

Dr Patrick Lown

Senior Research Fellow (EssexLab Manager), Department of Government

Research interests: Public Opinion of Social Welfare Politics; Meritocratic Beliefs and Ideology; Empathy; Survey and Experimental Research Methodology; Envirionmental values and behavior

Professor Gina Yannitell Reinhardt

Professor, Department of Government

Research interests: DrReinhardts work examines how decision-making under uncertainty affects the distribution of wealth in society.; She focuses her work on the political economy of foreign aid, economic and social development, and the political and policy implications of disasters. This pursuit has drawn her inquiry in fascinating directions.; She has studied race, trust, and migration; the construction of trust by the media across levels of government; and how the allocation of foreign aid conditions its performance effectiveness.; DrReinhardt also researches political methodology, and applies established models to new problems and topics.; Her work on survey measures, experimental design, and signalling games has been seen inPolitical Analysis,theJournal of Risk Research, and the Journal of Theoretical Politics.

Dr Silvia Avram

Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

Research interests: Distribution of income and wealth; Impact of social and fiscal policies on individual and household welfare; The low-paid labour market; Applying insights from behavioural economics to public policy analysis

Professor Emilia Del Bono

Professor, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

Dr Laura Fumagalli

Research Fellow, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

Dr Paul Garcia Hinojosa

Senior Research Officer, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

Dr Angus Holford

Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

Professor Alita Nandi

Professor, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

Dr Amanda Cole

Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics

Research interests: Language Attitudes; Sociolinguistics; Language Variation and Change; Sociophonetics

Dr Tracey Costley

Head of Department - Senior Lecturer (R), Department of Language and Linguistics

Research interests: English as Additional Language Learners (EAL); Academic Literacies; Student Identity in Writing at University;

Dr Ella Jeffries

Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics

Research interests: Sociolinguistics; Sociophonetics; Regional accents/dialects; Variation in language acquisition

Professor Neli Demireva

Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology

Research interests: social cohesion; multiculturalism and civic integration; crime and neighbourhood effects; job search and labour market inclusion

Dr Sergio Lo Iacono

Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Criminology

Research interests: Experimental Sociology; Quantitative Methods; Trust; Sustainable Development and Climate Change; Migration, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers

Professor Renee Luthra

Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology

Research interests: International Migration; Social Stratification

Dr Giacomo Vagni

Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Criminology

Dr Elke Weidenholzer

Senior Research Officer, School of Philosophical, Historical, and Interdisciplinary Studies

Professor Marie Juanchich

Professor, Department of Psychology

Research interests: Risk communication; Gender equality

Dr Angela Meadows

Lecturer, Department of Psychology

Research interests: Weight stigma; Physical activity behaviour; Stigma resistance

Dr Lisa Spantig

Lecturer, Department of Economics

Research interests: Behavioral Economics; Development Economics; Experimental Economics

Dr Nikhil Masters

Lecturer, Department of Economics